Art Starts with a Line: A Creative and Interactive Guide to the Art of Line Drawing Kindle Edition

Bought this as a gift and the person who received it loved it! Said the book made everything approachable and they love that it gave them confidence in their drawing abilities!

Several years ago, my husband bought me a year of Master Class. I loved learning in little chunks every day so when the subscription ended, I started creating my own classes for myself. Every morning for 10-30 minutes, I read a book about something I wanted to learn and took notes and played with what I learned. This week, I decided I wanted to learn how to draw basic illustrations. I found a great book on Amazon and started playing. These are my lessons from the first three days. Not too shabby for someone who can't really draw!

For starters, I wouldn't necessarily recommend this as a beginners book. While it does have a lot of great information in it, it's definitely not going to teach you anything about drawing fundamentals such as shading, perspective, etc. It's really a quick and easy book full of various topics, with drawings ranging from the simple to the complex. While there's definitely some guidance provided, there are a few items that go from "here's a few lines" to "bam complete" - the architecture section in particular.As someone who really wanted some ideas/brainstorming for my bullet journal spreads, this book was a godsend. Lots of quick and easy ideas that can be mixed and matched for maximum effect. I was primarily interested in using it for bullet journaling, but I'm also enjoying trying my hand at some of the architectural options such as the coffee shop that I drew.Took off one star because my book came a bit dented, but I love the style and overall artwork too much to return for a new one.

I like the look, the organization, and the feel of this book, and thus far it has been a nice resource. In the description, of course, it mentions a section for hand-lettering— this I expected and looked forward to. It would be nice to have more examples than the trendy pseudo-calligraphy style— but what’s there is sufficient to practice and develop that font.I love the other sections. The paper is a nice thickness and can support the author-encouraged doodling and sketching on each page. It’s a good beginning for those who want to experiment more with drawing past simple figures, like myself. The author provides a simple few examples to follow-along with, and trusts you to diversify and learn on your own. That’s fair— but for having so many pages, it would have been nice to see more variety of impetuses.

I really wanted to like this book and from the reviews I though I would. It just didn’t work for me. The artists work is beautiful and she’s very talented but the book jumps around too much to be useful and I found the sections to be strangely grouped together for the same book. It starts with digital artwork (not applicable to me) and goes through lettering, borders, simple florals and then has a big section on landmarks. I would have liked more examples of the previous items rather than an example of how to draw the Taj Mahal or Forbidden City. The examples are laughable at times- it’s a simple rectangle for step 1 and step 3 is completely finished and complex. How did she get there? I also found the section Everyday Life puzzling. The examples were an umbrella, a teacup, a pepper shaker, picture frame, a high heel, a boot and a sofa. I looked to see if pages missing, but no.I have a shelf full of books but this one isn’t going to make it. It’s pretty to look at but not practical. (I reread my review- for an exampleof how I thought steps missing see the teacup example. Sorry... but there is a big difference between the Fancy Teacup and simple one in my book.

Woo hoo! I hit the jackpot! On the same day I ordered this I also ordered “50 Ways to Draw Ordinary Things. I received them a couple weeks ago and I’ve only now had time to review them.Art Starts with a Line is awesome! The author walks you through, step by step, with a few examples of a technique or diff ways to draw the same thing, then you are to use that to draw your own thing. It is wonderful. There is even space to draw everything within this book, though, I’d suggest having a sketchbook.Get it. It is an awesome book.

The media could not be loaded.  This is exactly what I was looking for. I’mLoving this book. I’m an teacher and watercolor and mixed media artist so a book like this one has to be part of my art library !

The idea of this book is excellent, but the execution was lacking. Most of the images/designs are very basic, but even within that approach the details are lacking. It is like giving someone only the highlights- basic step, few details and then voila finished. Between the early details and the end needed more guidance. If the author is assuming a lot of knowledge is had by the reader then much of the book is too basic and beginner level. If she is not assuming the knowledge and it is a beginner book then she needed to offer more. I am glad I decided to get the kindle version and save some money, but still disappointed. Very little to take away from this one.

This is a gorgeous book. There is a lot of information and I was nicely surprised to see she provided instructions on digitizing your art which is what I plan on doing. Some of the activities are beginner level while a good many assume one already has some drawing ability. That isn't a problem for me but be aware it isn't a complete beginner book.

I was a little worried when I saw the sleeve, but was able to fit in my 13" Macbook easily although it was a little tight at the zipper's corners. Accessories also fit well in the pockets.

Es hermoso súper bien explicado con espacio para practicar y mucha variedad de ilustraciones y lettering para hacer

Book is exactly what I was looking for

Enjoyed reading this book as it provides you with ideas to consider during creativity.